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                        Piquant Thai Dipping Sauce

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Serving Size  : 4    Preparation Time :0:00
Categories    : Sauces                           Low-Fat
                Thai

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
     1/4  cup           Tomato sauce
   3      tablespoons   Lime juice
   2      tablespoons   Light brown sugar
     1/4  teaspoon      Chinese chili sauce
   1                    Garlic clove -- minced
   2      teaspoons     Fresh mint leaves -- coarsely
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   1      teaspoon      Lime peel -- grated or minced
   1      tablespoon    Cornstarch mixed with
   1      tablespoon    Cold water

>From "Pacific Flavors" by Hugh Carpenter. (Stewart, Tabori and Chang, 1990).

 In a small saucepan, combine tomato sauce, lime juice, brown sugar, chili
 sauce, garlic, mint and lime peel. Bring to a low boil, reduce heat to a
 simmer and cook for 2 minutes. Return sauce to a low boil and stir in
 enough of the cornstarch mixture to lightly thicken sauce. Strain sauce
 through a sieve placed over a small serving bowl.
Let sauce cool at leat 10 minutes; sauce is best at room temperature.
Serve with chilled shrimp.

 Nutritional analysis per serving: 33.1 calories; trace grams total fat; (0=
 grams saturated fat); 0.1 grams protein; 3.7 grams carbohydrates; 0=
 milligrams cholesterol; 98.1 milligrams sodium.

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